exciting

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
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Verb

exciting

  1. present participle and gerund of excite

Adjective

exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)

  1. creating or producing excitement
    • 1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:
      Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.

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Noun

exciting (plural excitings)

  1. The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
    • 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert:
      But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.
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